# Changelog ### 2021.02.19 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [commit/cf2dbec](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/cf2dbec6301177a1fddf72862de05fa912d9869d) (except kakao) * [viki] Fix extractor * [niconico] Extract `channel` and `channel_id` by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi) * [youtube] Multiple page support for hashtag URLs * [youtube] Add more invidious instances * [youtube] Fix comment extraction when comment text is empty * Option `--windows-filenames` to force use of windows compatible filenames * [ExtractAudio] Bugfix * Don't raise `parser.error` when exiting for update * [MoveFiles] Fix for when merger can't run * Changed `--trim-file-name` to `--trim-filenames` to be similar to related options * Format Sort improvements: * Prefer `vp9.2` more than other `vp9` codecs * Remove forced priority of `quality` * Remove unnecessary `field_preference` and misuse of `preference` from extractors * Build improvements: * Fix hash output by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev) * Lock python package versions for x86 and use `wheels` by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev) * Exclude `vcruntime140.dll` from UPX by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon) * Set version number based on UTC time, not local time * Publish on PyPi only if token is set * [documentation] Better document `--prefer-free-formats` and add `--no-prefer-free-format` ### 2021.02.15 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.10](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.10) (except archive.org) * [niconico] Improved extraction and support encrypted/SMILE movies by [kurumigi](https://github.com/kurumigi), [tsukumi](https://github.com/tsukumi), [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis), [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) * Fix HLS AES-128 with multiple keys in external downloaders by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev) * [youtube_live_chat] Fix by using POST API by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika) * [rumble] Add support for video page * Option `--allow-unplayable-formats` to allow downloading unplayable video formats * [ExtractAudio] Don't re-encode when file is already in a common audio format * [youtube] Fix search continuations * [youtube] Fix for new accounts * Improve build/updater: by [pukkandan](https://github.com/pukkandan) and [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev) * Fix SHA256 calculation in build and implement hash checking for updater * Exit immediately in windows once the update process starts * Fix updater for `x86.exe` * Updater looks for both `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dlc` in releases for future-proofing * Change optional dependency to `pycryptodome` * Fix issue with unicode filenames in aria2c by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev) * Fix `allow_playlist_files` not being correctly passed through * Fix for empty HTTP head requests by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev) * Fix `get_executable_path` in UNIX * [sponskrub] Print ffmpeg output and errors to terminal * `__real_download` should be false when ffmpeg unavailable and no download * Show `exe`/`zip`/`source` and 32/64bit in verbose message ### 2021.02.09 * **aria2c support for DASH/HLS**: by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev) * **Implement Updater** (`-U`) by [shirt](https://github.com/shirt-dev) * [youtube] Fix comment extraction * [youtube_live_chat] Improve extraction * [youtube] Fix for channel URLs sometimes not downloading all pages * [aria2c] Changed default arguments to `--console-log-level=warn --summary-interval=0 --file-allocation=none -x16 -j16 -s16` * Add fallback for thumbnails * [embedthumbnail] Keep original thumbnail after conversion if write_thumbnail given * [embedsubtitle] Keep original subtitle after conversion if write_subtitles given * [pyinst.py] Move back to root dir * [youtube] Simplified renderer parsing and bugfixes * [movefiles] Fix compatibility with python2 * [remuxvideo] Fix validation of conditional remux * [sponskrub] Don't raise error when the video does not exist * [documentation] Crypto is an optional dependency ### 2021.02.04 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.02.04.1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.02.04.1) * **Date/time formatting in output template:** * You can use [`strftime`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-format-codes) to format date/time fields. Example: `%(upload_date>%Y-%m-%d)s` * **Multiple output templates:** * Separate output templates can be given for the different metadata files by using `-o TYPE:TEMPLATE` * The allowed types are: `subtitle|thumbnail|description|annotation|infojson|pl_description|pl_infojson` * [youtube] More metadata extraction for channel/playlist URLs (channel, uploader, thumbnail, tags) * New option `--no-write-playlist-metafiles` to prevent writing playlist metadata files * [audius] Fix extractor * [youtube_live_chat] Fix `parse_yt_initial_data` and add `fragment_retries` * [postprocessor] Raise errors correctly * [metadatafromtitle] Fix bug when extracting data from numeric fields * Fix issue with overwriting files * Fix "Default format spec" appearing in quiet mode * [FormatSort] Allow user to prefer av01 over vp9 (The default is still vp9) * [FormatSort] fix bug where `quality` had more priority than `hasvid` * [pyinst] Automatically detect python architecture and working directory * Strip out internal fields such as `_filename` from infojson ### 2021.01.29 * **Features from [animelover1984/youtube-dl](https://github.com/animelover1984/youtube-dl)**: by [animelover1984](https://github.com/animelover1984) and [bbepis](https://github.com/bbepis) * Add `--get-comments` * [youtube] Extract comments * [billibilli] Added BiliBiliSearchIE, BilibiliChannelIE * [billibilli] Extract comments * [billibilli] Better video extraction * Write playlist data to infojson * [FFmpegMetadata] Embed infojson inside the video * [EmbedThumbnail] Try embedding in mp4 using ffprobe and `-disposition` * [EmbedThumbnail] Treat mka like mkv and mov like mp4 * [EmbedThumbnail] Embed in ogg/opus * [VideoRemuxer] Conditionally remux video * [VideoRemuxer] Add `-movflags +faststart` when remuxing to mp4 * [ffmpeg] Print entire stderr in verbose when there is error * [EmbedSubtitle] Warn when embedding ass in mp4 * [anvato] Use NFLTokenGenerator if possible * **Parse additional metadata**: New option `--parse-metadata` to extract additional metadata from existing fields * The extracted fields can be used in `--output` * Deprecated `--metadata-from-title` * [Audius] Add extractor * [youtube] Extract playlist description and write it to `.description` file * Detect existing files even when using `recode`/`remux` (`extract-audio` is partially fixed) * Fix wrong user config from v2021.01.24 * [youtube] Report error message from youtube as error instead of warning * [FormatSort] Fix some fields not sorting from v2021.01.24 * [postprocessor] Deprecate `avconv`/`avprobe`. All current functionality is left untouched. But don't expect any new features to work with avconv * [postprocessor] fix `write_debug` to not throw error when there is no `_downloader` * [movefiles] Don't give "cant find" warning when move is unnecessary * Refactor `update-version`, `pyinst.py` and related files * [ffmpeg] Document more formats that are supported for remux/recode ### 2021.01.24 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.24](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16) * Plugin support ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#plugins)) * **Multiple paths**: New option `-P`/`--paths` to give different paths for different types of files * The syntax is `-P "type:path" -P "type:path"` ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=-P,%20--paths%20TYPE:PATH)) * Valid types are: home, temp, description, annotation, subtitle, infojson, thumbnail * Additionally, configuration file is taken from home directory or current directory ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=Home%20Configuration)) * Allow passing different arguments to different external downloaders ([documentation](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#:~:text=--downloader-args%20NAME:ARGS)) * [mildom] Add extractor by [nao20010128nao](https://github.com/nao20010128nao) * Warn when using old style `--external-downloader-args` and `--post-processor-args` * Fix `--no-overwrite` when using `--write-link` * [sponskrub] Output `unrecognized argument` error message correctly * [cbs] Make failure to extract title non-fatal * Fix typecasting when pre-checking archive * Fix issue with setting title on UNIX * Deprecate redundant aliases in `formatSort`. The aliases remain functional for backward compatibility, but will be left undocumented * [tests] Fix test_post_hooks * [tests] Split core and download tests ### 2021.01.20 * [TrovoLive] Add extractor (only VODs) * [pokemon] Add `/#/player` URLs * Improved parsing of multiple postprocessor-args, add `--ppa` as alias * [EmbedThumbnail] Simplify embedding in mkv * [sponskrub] Encode filenames correctly, better debug output and error message * [readme] Cleanup options ### 2021.01.16 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.16](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.16) * **Configuration files:** * Portable configuration file: `./yt-dlp.conf` * Allow the configuration files to be named `yt-dlp` instead of `youtube-dlc`. See [this](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#configuration) for details * Add PyPI release ### 2021.01.14 * Added option `--break-on-reject` * [roosterteeth.com] Fix for bonus episodes by [Zocker1999NET](https://github.com/Zocker1999NET) * [tiktok] Fix for when share_info is empty * [EmbedThumbnail] Fix bug due to incorrect function name * [documentation] Changed sponskrub links to point to [yt-dlp/SponSkrub](https://github.com/yt-dlp/SponSkrub) since I am now providing both linux and windows releases * [documentation] Change all links to correctly point to new fork URL * [documentation] Fixes typos ### 2021.01.12 * [roosterteeth.com] Add subtitle support by [samiksome](https://github.com/samiksome) * Added `--force-overwrites`, `--no-force-overwrites` by [alxnull](https://github.com/alxnull) * Changed fork name to `yt-dlp` * Fix typos by [FelixFrog](https://github.com/FelixFrog) * [ci] Option to skip * [changelog] Added unreleased changes in blackjack4494/yt-dlc ### 2021.01.10 * [archive.org] Fix extractor and add support for audio and playlists by [wporr](https://github.com/wporr) * [Animelab] Added by [mariuszskon](https://github.com/mariuszskon) * [youtube:search] Fix view_count by [ohnonot](https://github.com/ohnonot) * [youtube] Show if video is embeddable in info * Update version badge automatically in README * Enable `test_youtube_search_matching` * Create `to_screen` and similar functions in postprocessor/common ### 2021.01.09 * [youtube] Fix bug in automatic caption extraction * Add `post_hooks` to YoutubeDL by [alexmerkel](https://github.com/alexmerkel) * Batch file enumeration improvements by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden) * Stop immediately when reaching `--max-downloads` by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden) * Fix incorrect ANSI sequence for restoring console-window title by [glenn-slayden](https://github.com/glenn-slayden) * Kill child processes when yt-dlc is killed by [Unrud](https://github.com/Unrud) ### 2021.01.08 * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.08](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/tag/2021.01.08) * Extractor stitcher ([1](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc), [2](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/a563c97c5cddf55f8989ed7ea8314ef78e30107f)) have not been merged * Moved changelog to seperate file ### 2021.01.07-1 * [Akamai] fix by [nixxo](https://github.com/nixxo) * [Tiktok] merge youtube-dl tiktok extractor by [GreyAlien502](https://github.com/GreyAlien502) * [vlive] add support for playlists by [kyuyeunk](https://github.com/kyuyeunk) * [youtube_live_chat] make sure playerOffsetMs is positive by [siikamiika](https://github.com/siikamiika) * Ignore extra data streams in ffmpeg by [jbruchon](https://github.com/jbruchon) * Allow passing different arguments to different postprocessors using `--postprocessor-args` * Deprecated `--sponskrub-args`. The same can now be done using `--postprocessor-args "sponskrub:"` * [CI] Split tests into core-test and full-test ### 2021.01.07 * Removed priority of `av01` codec in `-S` since most devices don't support it yet * Added `duration_string` to be used in `--output` * Created First Release ### 2021.01.05-1 * **Changed defaults:** * Enabled `--ignore` * Disabled `--video-multistreams` and `--audio-multistreams` * Changed default format selection to `bv*+ba/b` when `--audio-multistreams` is disabled * Changed default format sort order to `res,fps,codec,size,br,asr,proto,ext,has_audio,source,format_id` * Changed `webm` to be more preferable than `flv` in format sorting * Changed default output template to `%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s` * Enabled `--list-formats-as-table` ### 2021.01.05 * **Format Sort:** Added `--format-sort` (`-S`), `--format-sort-force` (`--S-force`) - See [Sorting Formats](README.md#sorting-formats) for details * **Format Selection:** See [Format Selection](README.md#format-selection) for details * New format selectors: `best*`, `worst*`, `bestvideo*`, `bestaudio*`, `worstvideo*`, `worstaudio*` * Changed video format sorting to show video only files and video+audio files together. * Added `--video-multistreams`, `--no-video-multistreams`, `--audio-multistreams`, `--no-audio-multistreams` * Added `b`,`w`,`v`,`a` as alias for `best`, `worst`, `video` and `audio` respectively * **Shortcut Options:** Added `--write-link`, `--write-url-link`, `--write-webloc-link`, `--write-desktop-link` by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h) - See [Internet Shortcut Options](README.md#internet-shortcut-options) for details * **Sponskrub integration:** Added `--sponskrub`, `--sponskrub-cut`, `--sponskrub-force`, `--sponskrub-location`, `--sponskrub-args` - See [SponSkrub Options](README.md#sponskrub-options-sponsorblock) for details * Added `--force-download-archive` (`--force-write-archive`) by [h-h-h-h](https://github.com/h-h-h-h) * Added `--list-formats-as-table`, `--list-formats-old` * **Negative Options:** Makes it possible to negate most boolean options by adding a `no-` to the switch. Usefull when you want to reverse an option that is defined in a config file * Added `--no-ignore-dynamic-mpd`, `--no-allow-dynamic-mpd`, `--allow-dynamic-mpd`, `--youtube-include-hls-manifest`, `--no-youtube-include-hls-manifest`, `--no-youtube-skip-hls-manifest`, `--no-download`, `--no-download-archive`, `--resize-buffer`, `--part`, `--mtime`, `--no-keep-fragments`, `--no-cookies`, `--no-write-annotations`, `--no-write-info-json`, `--no-write-description`, `--no-write-thumbnail`, `--youtube-include-dash-manifest`, `--post-overwrites`, `--no-keep-video`, `--no-embed-subs`, `--no-embed-thumbnail`, `--no-add-metadata`, `--no-include-ads`, `--no-write-sub`, `--no-write-auto-sub`, `--no-playlist-reverse`, `--no-restrict-filenames`, `--youtube-include-dash-manifest`, `--no-format-sort-force`, `--flat-videos`, `--no-list-formats-as-table`, `--no-sponskrub`, `--no-sponskrub-cut`, `--no-sponskrub-force` * Renamed: `--write-subs`, `--no-write-subs`, `--no-write-auto-subs`, `--write-auto-subs`. Note that these can still be used without the ending "s" * Relaxed validation for format filters so that any arbitrary field can be used * Fix for embedding thumbnail in mp3 by [pauldubois98](https://github.com/pauldubois98) ([ytdl-org/youtube-dl#21569](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/pull/21569)) * Make Twitch Video ID output from Playlist and VOD extractor same. This is only a temporary fix * **Merge youtube-dl:** Upto [2021.01.03](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/8e953dcbb10a1a42f4e12e4e132657cb0100a1f8) - See [blackjack4494/yt-dlc#280](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc/pull/280) for details * Extractors [tiktok](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/fb626c05867deab04425bad0c0b16b55473841a2) and [hotstar](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/bb38a1215718cdf36d73ff0a7830a64cd9fa37cc) have not been merged * Cleaned up the fork for public use ### Unreleased changes in [blackjack4494/yt-dlc](https://github.com/blackjack4494/yt-dlc) * Updated to youtube-dl release 2020.11.26 * [youtube] * Implemented all Youtube Feeds (ytfav, ytwatchlater, ytsubs, ythistory, ytrec) and SearchURL * Fix ytsearch not returning results sometimes due to promoted content * Temporary fix for automatic captions - disable json3 * Fix some improper Youtube URLs * Redirect channel home to /video * Print youtube's warning message * Multiple pages are handled better for feeds * Add --break-on-existing by [gergesh](https://github.com/gergesh) * Pre-check video IDs in the archive before downloading * [bitwave.tv] New extractor * [Gedi] Add extractor * [Rcs] Add new extractor * [skyit] Add support for multiple Sky Italia website and removed old skyitalia extractor * [france.tv] Fix thumbnail URL * [ina] support mobile links * [instagram] Fix extractor * [itv] BTCC new pages' URL update (articles instead of races) * [SouthparkDe] Support for English URLs * [spreaker] fix SpreakerShowIE test URL * [Vlive] Fix playlist handling when downloading a channel * [generic] Detect embedded bitchute videos * [generic] Extract embedded youtube and twitter videos * [ffmpeg] Ensure all streams are copied * Fix for os.rename error when embedding thumbnail to video in a different drive * make_win.bat: don't use UPX to pack vcruntime140.dll